Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap

Two of the country’s finest sprinters will square off in Saturday’s 35th running of the Grade 1, $350,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap when Mitole, winner of seven straight, faces defending Vanderbilt-winner Imperial Hint at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. One of the day’s three graded stakes, the six-furlong event for 3-year-olds and up […]

Returning off of his effortless victory in the Grade 1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap on July 28, in what was one of the most impressive performances this summer at Saratoga Race Course, Raymond Mamone’s multiple graded stakes winner Imperial Hint will try to extend his victory streak to three in Saturday’s Grade 1, $350,000 Vosburgh […]

Raymond Mamone’s Grade 2 True North winner Imperial Hint will shoulder the 124-pound high weight as he makes his first start at Saratoga Race Course against a field of seven in the Grade 1, $350,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap for 3-year-olds and up at six furlongs on Saturday. Last year, the Florida-bred son of Imperialism […]

Green Lantern Stables’ homebred A. P. Indian captured his first Grade 1 race in Saturday’s Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap at Saratoga, out-finishing the talented Holy Boss to finish 1 1/4 lengths clear at the wire. The 6-year-old son of Indian Charlie covered six furlongs over the fast main track in 1:08.25 under Joe Bravo for […]

Saturday’s $100,000 Gravesend for 3-year-olds and up will feature a rematch between the top three finishers of the Grade 3 Fall Highweight Handicap run on Thanksgiving Day at Aqueduct Racetrack. Highlighting the field for the six-furlong dash on the inner track at the Big A is multiple Grade 1 winner and Fall Highweight runner-up Palace. […]

The Big Beast, the Grade 1 winner and leading sprinter, has been retired from racing and will stand in 2016 at J. Michael O’Farrell’s Ocala Stud in Florida. A fee will be determined and announced soon. “The Big Beast was a tremendously fast and talented Grade 1 winner on the track, and he’s an imposing […]

Stonestreet Stables’ Rock Fall extended his winning streak to six with a determined nose victory over The Big Beast in Saturday’s Grade 1, $350,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap at Saratoga. Making his first foray into G1 company, Rock Fall sat midpack behind a quick-starting Favorite Tale, who set the early pace. Moving up wide on […]

One year after falling a neck short when second in this very race, Justin Phillip posted his first Grade 1 victory by taking the 29th edition of the $400,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap on Sunday at Saratoga Race Course. Off as the 3-1 third choice, Justin Phillip raced in fourth as Gentlemen’s Bet ran the […]

Poseidon’s Warrior took to a muddy main track at Saratoga on Sunday, winning the Grade 1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap under Irad Ortiz at odds of 36-1. Justin Phillip finished a neck back in second, with Emcee another neck back in third. Shackleford, the heavy favorite and 121-pound high weight, finished last after breaking a […]